Objective: Students will practice with literary terms,
close reading, reading visualy graphics,
and writing analytically.
Class Activities
1. TAKS packet.
a. Students should read literary passage 1.
i. Then, students should answer all multiple – choice questions for literary passage 1.
ii. Then, students should answer the short – answer, open – ended question for passage 1.
1. Students should draw the 4 – square box.
2. Students should fill in all four boxes in the 4 – square box.
3. Students may use an additional piece of paper to record their short answers if needed.
b. Students should read the expository passage 2.
i. Then, students should answer all multiple – choice questions for expository passage 2.
ii. Then, students should answer the short – answer, open – ended question for the expository passage 2.
1. Students should draw the 4 – square box.
2. Students should fill in all four boxes in the 4 – square box.
3. Students may use an additional piece of paper to record their short answers if needed.
c. Students should answer the multiple choice questions on both stories and the visual.
d. Then, students should answer the final short – answer, open – ended questions for the crossover question.
For the first two short-answers, the 4-square box should look like this (only big enough to write in):
#1 Assertion (your topic sentence or brief summary of the point you are trying to make) | #2 Context (speaker and situation) |
#3 Evidence (a line of text from the passage with quotation marks around it) (proof from the text) | (your explanation, interpretation, analysis, or speculation) |
The crossover short-answer box should look like the box below. Again, it should be big enough to write inside:
Assertion Context Evidence Commentary
Assertion Context Evidence Commentary
2 (Story 1) | 3 (Story 1) | 4 (Story 1) | |
1 | 5 (Story 2) | 6 (Story 2) | 7 (Story 2) |
